Hermaphroditism

Several
conditions
in
which
there
is
presence
of
both
testis
and
ovary
in an
individual
either
as
separate
tissue
or
combined
to
form a
single
organ
called
the
ovotestis.
In
true
hermaphroditism
many
are
XX/XY
mosaics
but
majority
have
XX sex
genetic
constitution,
which
means
they
should
have
been
phenotypically
female.

It is
false
or
pseudohermaphroditism
when
there
is is
ambiguous
external
genitalia
caused
by
varying
degrees
of sex
hormonal
imbalance
with
ambiguous
external
genitalia
as in
the
adrenogenital
syndromes.